A Thank You to Church Leaders: A Year of Growth, Gratitude, and a Free Leadership Gift
As 2025 comes to a close, church leader Eric V. Hampton reflects on the most impactful year of leadership and generosity. Learn how ChurchLeaderOS grew, what was released this year, and receive a free 30-day leadership gift designed to build trust, care, and clarity.
4 Things I Learned in 4 Years of Leading Church Operations
Discover four powerful leadership lessons every pastor and church leader needs: why your words, thoughts, presence, and posture shape the health of your team, your culture, and your church. A practical, pastoral guide for leaders who want to build systems that last without losing their soul.
When the Lid Doesn’t Fit: Growth, Pressure, and Outgrowing Your Capacity
A powerful leader letter about outgrowing old limits, carrying more responsibility, and what to do when leadership growth no longer fits your life, systems, or support structure.
I Ran Out of Time, Not Strength: A Leadership Lesson from a Snowy Driveway
A true leadership story about capacity, compassion, and limits. Discover what shoveling snow with my sons taught me about leadership, boundaries, and burnout.
What Disney Taught Me About Church Leadership: That Most Seminaries Never Will
A pastor’s leader letter on what Disney’s Christmas experience reveals about church leadership, culture, excellence, and emotional intelligence, and how pastors can apply it to build healthier churches.
The Gratitude Advantage: Why Thankful Leaders Lead Stronger Teams and Healthier Churches
Discover why gratitude is a leadership advantage, the consequences of neglecting it, and five practical ways pastors can build a grateful, resilient ministry culture.
Why Your Church Doesn’t Need Another Conference
Most churches don’t lack passion; they lack a leadership system. In this blog, Eric Hampton explains why pastors don’t need another conference; they need a simple, repeatable framework to develop leaders, strengthen teams, and create a healthy church culture. Discover how ChurchLeaderOS transforms leadership in just 3 hours.
The Servant Mindset for Church Leaders: How to Stop Leading for People and Start Leading Like Jesus
Discover how adopting a servant mindset transforms leadership, strengthens teams, and builds churches that reflect the heart of Jesus, not just the habits of success.
The Owner Mindset for Church Leaders: How to Stop Blaming and Start Building
Learn how the owner mindset transforms church leadership by replacing blame with responsibility, fear with faith, and maintenance with mission.
The Growth Mindset for Church Leaders: How to Stop Fearing Failure and Start Leading Forward
Discover how adopting a growth mindset transforms ministry, fuels spiritual maturity, and helps church leaders lead with courage, clarity, and purpose.
Rethinking KPIs: How Church Leaders Can Measure What Truly Matters
Church leaders often measure attendance and giving, but what if the real KPIs are about people, not performance? Discover why keeping people interested, informed, involved, and inspired can transform your ministry culture.
The Hidden Traumas of Church Leadership (and How to Heal Them Before They Break You)
Church leaders often carry invisible wounds—betrayal, burnout, spiritual abuse, or loss—that quietly shape how they lead. Learn how to recognize these hidden traumas, understand their effects, and begin the healing process that restores your soul and strengthens your ministry.
How Church Leaders Can Be Direct Without Being Rude: 15 Biblical Strategies for Clear Communication
Church leaders often struggle with being clear without sounding harsh. Discover 15 biblical strategies to be direct without being rude so you can lead with confidence, resolve conflict, and shepherd people well.
7 Types of Leaders Every Pastor Needs (and How to Become One)
Pastors don’t play favorites the way people think. They value leaders who are trustworthy, committed, and kingdom-focused. Discover the 7 types of leaders every pastor relies on and how you can grow into one.
10 Transformational Side-Effects of Coaching for Church Leaders
Discover the 10 powerful, transformational side-effects of coaching for church leaders. Learn how pastoral coaching brings clarity, confidence, resilience, and joy back to ministry.
Leadership Under Pressure: 7 Lessons from Taylor Townsend’s Response to Jelena Ostapenko
Learn 7 powerful leadership lessons from Taylor Townsend’s response to Jelena Ostapenko at the 2025 U.S. Open. Discover strategies for handling conflict, building resilient leadership, and leading with integrity under pressure.
What Churches Can Learn from Cracker Barrel’s Rebrand (and Reversal): Succession, Vision, and Trust in Leadership
When Cracker Barrel’s new CEO launched a $700 million rebrand, backlash was swift and costly. Discover what church leaders can learn about succession, vision, and trust from this corporate shake-up.
Symptom or System? Why Leaders Must Learn to Listen Beneath the Noise
Churches and organizations often chase symptoms instead of fixing systems. Discover how leaders can interpret problems, address root causes, and advance the mission with clarity.
Consistency + Faithfulness × Time: Craig Groeschel’s Leadership Equation for Lasting Impact
At GLS 2025, Craig Groeschel shared a powerful formula—Consistency + Faithfulness × Time—that can transform your leadership and ministry. Here’s how to live it out.
9 John Maxwell Leadership Commitments That Will Shape Your Legacy
At the 2025 Global Leadership Summit, John Maxwell received the Legacy Leader Award and shared 9 personal leadership commitments. Here’s how they can transform your leadership.